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Walnut Ridge High School

Serves grades 7 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
508 E Free St
Walnut Ridge, AR 72476
Phone
(870) 886-6623
District
LAWRENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
LAWRENCE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
462
Classroom Teachers
66

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Arkansas

3

(10 is best)

Better than 28.0% of all AR schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

Walnut Ridge High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 7

50 40 30 20 10 0
30%
37%
29%
35%
30%
38%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
33%
44%
48%
51%
19%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 9

40 30 20 10 0
24%
32%
27%
36%
21%
28%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

40 30 20 10 0
16%
27%
17%
31%
14%
22%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
7
10
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 7 81 17.5%
Grade 8 89 19.3%
Grade 9 74 16.0%
Grade 10 77 16.7%
Grade 11 81 17.5%
Grade 12 60 13.0%
Total 462 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 94.1% 93.6% 61.8%
Black 0.2% 0.2% 20.3%
Hispanic 3.4% 4.3% 14.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.4% 0.8% 1.8%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.9% 1.0% 1.6%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 55.8% 58.9% 65.1%
Free lunch eligible 43.3% 46.6% 57.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 12.6% 12.3% 7.5%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 7,988 3,045,637
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) Unreported 58
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.2% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.9% 19.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.8% 32.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.4% 24.7%
65 OR OLDER 16.6% 17.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 3,065 1,171,694
Single Parent Households With Children 7.9% 9.1%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 83.4% 88.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 16.1% 24.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 4.9% 11.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 10.0% 13.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.1% 12.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.5% 17.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 20.4% 18.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 16.9% 15.3%
$15,000 or less 16.2% 11.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,170 $5,180,340 34.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $359 $359,718 2.4%
Staff $479 $479,958 3.2%
General Administration $431 $431,862 2.9%
School Administration $372 $372,744 2.5%
Operation $822 $823,644 5.5%
Transportation $273 $273,546 1.8%
Other $538 $539,076 3.6%
Total Support $3,275 $3,281,550 21.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $6,623 $6,636,246 44.0%
Total Expenditures $15,068 $15,098,136 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,727 $2,804,752,896 47.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $549 $268,820,846 4.6%
Staff $746 $365,434,036 6.2%
General Administration $243 $119,218,647 2.0%
School Administration $544 $266,301,512 4.5%
Operation $1,088 $532,680,088 9.0%
Transportation $374 $183,122,164 3.1%
Other $319 $156,438,260 2.7%
Total Support $3,863 $1,891,966,093 32.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,444 $1,197,134,852 20.3%
Total Expenditures $12,034 $5,893,783,948 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%